Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer guitar tab
Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer
Thurston
tuning: F#F#GGAA
i'm just divide this song up into three sections, the intro, the bridge, and the outro
intro:
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------5------3------4--------------5---------4-------5-----
G---------------------------------------------------------------------6-----
G--------------4-----------4-----------------------------4------------0-----
F#---------5-------5--------------------------5-----------------------------
F#-----0---------------------------------0----------------------------------
he occasionally substitutes this chord in at the end:
A-----5---
A-----5---
G-----0--- during the intro riff, don't be afraid to throw in various open
G-----0--- strings as well
F#--------
F#--------
bridge:
tremolo---} tremolo-----}
A---------------------------------10-----11---------------------------------10-----------
A---------------------------------10-----11---------------------------------10-----------
G-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0------0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-----------
G-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0------0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-----------
F#----9---9---9---9---9---9---9-----------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------------
F#----9---9---9---9---9---9---9-----------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------------
he plays that for awhile until the song calms down, then he plays this:
outro:
A---------------------10---
A---------------------10---
G-------0------0-------0---
G-------0------0-------0---
F#-----13-----13-----------
F#-----13-----13-----------
he just plays that little pattern over and over until the end, where he just
tremolos the open F#'s......and that's it
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LEE's Part (AF#EF#EB)
originally tabbed by madsun, fixed up 2002 by chris lawrence
first riff:
change to this:
B--------------------- -------------------------------------8---------8--
E--------------------- -----------------------------------8---8---8------
F#-------------------- -------5------------7------------8-------8---8----
E--------------------- -----5---5--------7---7--------8------------------
F#----5------7------8- ---5------------7------------8--------------------
A|--5----5/7----7/8--- -5----------5/7----------7/8----------------------
"row house row house pass thru":
B--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
F#------8-----8--------10------10---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--
E---5\7---7\9---9-9\10----9\11-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
F#-------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
then return to first riff.
"none of us know....":
B----------------------------
E----------------------------
F#--9---7---6---7---8---8\1-- PLAY TWICE
E----------------------------
F#--9---7---6---7---8---8\1--
A----------------------------
B------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
F#--9---7---9--7--9--7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-- PLAY TWICE
E------------------------------------------
F#--9---7---9--7--9--7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--
A------------------------------------------
B-------9-------9------------
E---9-------9----------------
F#------9-------9--8---8\1--- PLAY TWICE
E---9-------9----------------
F#------9-------9--8---8\1---
A----------------------------
B----------
E---3-3-3--
F#--1-1-1--
E---3-3-3--
F#--1-1-1--
A----------
"where are you now?":
B----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
F#------8------10------7-8-------8------10------12---
E---5\7------------------------7---------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
"hello 2015": just follow these chords, changes are obvious...
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--16--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--16--
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
end on:
B-------
E---2---
F#--0---
E---2---
F#--0---
A-------
